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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7143567 | Unit for packaging and palletizing rolls of toilet paper and/or kitchen towel Unit for packaging and palletizing rolls of paper comprising a bagging and/or forming machine adapted to sort packages of said rolls into batches or to bag said sorted loose packages in a plastic bag, and a palletizing station comprising at lease one manipulator pro... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7073312 | Device for transferring articles in a controlled configuration from a feeding line to a receiving line In a device for transferring articles in a controlled configuration from a feeding line to a receiving line, an oscillating arm having suction grippers picks up the articles, arranged in a first configuration, at an inlet station and transfer the articles up to an o... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7059521 | Systems and methods of providing inserts into envelopes The present invention provides exemplary mail processing systems and methods, including systems and methods for retrieving paper sheets, statements, inserts and/or cards, and inserting same into an envelope. In one embodiment, an apparatus (200) includes a pa... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7017324 | Machine for producing strip packages In a machine for obtaining strip packages a station feeds products to a packaging group, which places and seals each of the products in a relative welded pockets distributed along a continuous strip. In a working station, situated in cascade with the packaging group... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6968666 | Method of producing soft packets of cigarettes A method of producing soft packets of cigarettes, whereby an inner packet, as it is fed along a packing path, is mated with a sheet of packing material withdrawn in a direction tangential with respect to the packing path; the sheet of packing material being folded i... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6966744 | Multi stacker for handler A multi-stacker for a handler is provided. After a device positioned in a test tray is tested at a test site and is classified, each test tray is unloaded according to the classification. The multi-stacker for a handler includes a stacker frame installed longitudina... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6964150 | Apparatus for supplying articles to a transferring line, in particular for feeding a container filling machine In an apparatus for feeding articles to a transferring line leading to a container filling machine, a conveyor moves a plurality of articles to an inlet section of the apparatus, where a plate moves vertically from the inlet section to an outlet section of the appar... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6952911 | Automatic case packaging system An automatic case packaging system having a conveyor and stacking assembly, a servo-powered elevator and a case positioning assembly. The conveyor and stacking assembly is provided to receive a plurality of articles and to form a stack of the articles. The conveyor ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6931823 | Packaging machine and method In an insulation blanket-packaging machine and method for continuously packaging insulation blanket in the form of batts there is a continuous: infeed of batts into a loading station; movement of batts from the loading station into a transfer station that also funct... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6880311 | Method and device for stacking goods on a pallet A stacking aid for stacking goods on a loading aid, such as a pallet, has wall parts surrounding the goods stacked on the loading aid. It is possible to alter the height of at least one of the wall parts and to remove the stacking aid from the loading aid after comp... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6865861 | Vertically oriented lateral transfer system for interfolded sheets A discharge and transfer apparatus for adjacent separated, objects, such as logs of interfolded sheets discharged from an interfolder, and for supplying the logs of sheets sequentially to downstream processing equipment, such as a packaging or wrapping mechanism for... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6715268 | Card package production system with card package stacker and method A card package production system (100) for producing card packages (115) composed of printed paper carriers (113) with matching cards (128) attached to the carriers (113) selectively outputs the card packages through a card package... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6711882 | Device for producing and withdrawing stacks of plastic bags, especially bags for automatic machines The invention relates to a device for producing and withdrawing stacks of plastic bags, especially bags for automatic machines, in coordination with a gradually moving pin stack chain (4) from which the bag packages (6) are removed in a simplified and ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6675553 | Method and device for stacking and packing infusion bags This invention concerns a method and a device for stacking and packing groups of infusion bags, especially for making tea, whereby in continuous production infusion bags arranged one after another in a series in a strand are separated, their speed of move... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6662534 | Apparatus for charging tubular containers with a stack of flat items An apparatus for charging containers with a flat item stack, includes a supply conveyor; intermediate containers; and a transporting device carrying the intermediate containers into first and second stations. In the first station an item stack is loaded f... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6619014 | Method and device for the strapping of stacks of printed products For sequentially strapping stacks of printed products (3) with a strapping tape (27), stacks are conveyed to a strapping position pressed together between two presser arms (8.1 and 8.2.) and are there strapped in a pressed-together condition. A loop of th... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6584754 | Machine for ordering and feeding bundles of sheets to a unit for the assembly of bundles in groups Banknotes are processed using a machine equipped with a number of modules by which predetermined numbers of notes are ordered in bundles secured with at least one band and then transferred to a unit to be strapped in groups; an intermittently driven conve... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6397567 | Process and apparatus for producing (large) packs Process and apparatus for introducing elongate, in particular cylindrical, articles, namely packs (10), into a carton (15). The packs (10) arrive individually, and at a spacing from one another, on a feed conveyor (18) and are pushed off from the latter t... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6393805 | Container for stacked sheets A container for a stack of sheets (e.g., abrasive coated discs) including a base portion adapted to extend transversely across a bottom surface of the stack of sheets and having opposite ends adapted to be positioned at spaced locations along a side surfa... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6339910 | Device for the insertion of products into a packaging container A device for insertion of products into a packaging container in a packaging machine comprises an insertion plunger which is guided along a certain path parallel to the product and a cover element which can be pre-positioned above the product by a first d... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6321512 | Method of packaging a strip of material A method is provided for forming a package of a plurality of side-by-side stacks of continuous strips of material in a rectangular container. Each strip is folded back and forth about first and second fold lines to form a stack of a plurality of folded ov... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321514 | Method of and a device for compressed packaging of trees and greenery on a pallet or the like with lateral supports A device for packing trees and greenery on a pallet or the like having lateral supports. The device comprises a base part capable of supporting a pallet and a working tower protruding upwards from one side of the base part. The working tower comprises a t... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6050060 | Unit and method for forming a group of products on a wrapping machine A unit and method for forming a group of products on a wrapping machine, whereby a continuous supply conveyor feeds a succession of products to an input of a group-forming screw device; and a step-operated supply device, located at an output of the screw ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6045324 | Stacking clamp Apparatus for stacking selected layers of products on a pallet comprises an upstanding frame having two side walls, a back wall forming a close with the side walls, an open entry side and an open uppermost end defined by peripheral frame members. Clamp me... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5996321 | Method and device for manufacturing hinge-lid packets for cigarettes Method and device for manufacturing hinge-lid packets for cigarettes from individual, prefabricated blanks (11) which are delivered as piles (10) of blanks. Before being transferred to a packaging machine, each pile (10) of blanks is laterally aligned in ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5832693 | Apparatus for collecting ampules A system for collecting prescribed injection ampules. In this system, it is possible to collect any ampules that cannot be collected from an automatic ampule dispenser with high efficiency. An ampule collecting apparatus has a tray supply unit for supplyi... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5809745 | Apparatus and method for stacking and packing articles An apparatus and method for continuously counting, stacking, and packaging relatively rigid and stackable articles, such as frozen meat patties, is provided. The apparatus includes a bottom stacker for stacking stackable articles in a column, a stack move... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5794417 | Versatile case packing device The present invention relates to an easily adjusted device for packing cartons or uniformly sized packages into a larger container for shipment. The device includes a telescoping stacking chamber with a telescoping base plate member having sensors for det... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5484050 | Catalog stacker and loader A catalog stacker and loader having a conveyor, a cage assembly associated with the conveyor, and a loader for unloading catalogs from the cage assembly and loading them into shipping containers. The cage assembly has a first cage and a second cage, each ... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5414978 | Package and apparatus for making An improved machine is disclosed for stacking a plurality of flat objects. The improved machine for stacking is suitable for use with a packaging machine such as a shrink wrap packaging machine for packaging the plurality of flat objects with a heat shrin... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5323587 | Device for forming a stack of blister packs and then inserting the stack, together with an instruction leaflet, into a carton A device comprises a conveyor for moving blister packs to a stack forming station where a lift inserts the blister packs 2 coming off the conveyor into a magazine to form a stack of blister packs. Then a pusher moves the stack out of the magazine and into... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5295782 | Tab magazine loader and method using a slider mechanism A TAB carrier is loaded into the bottom position of a bottom-loading stacking magazine using a slider which conveys the TAB carrier from a first loading position to a second unloading position located beneath the stacking magazine. The slider has a first ... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5255491 | Method and apparatus for applying bands to crates Apparatus for filling crates with packages is disclosed. The crates have hinged sides. The apparatus unfolds the sides of a crate and places the packages in the crate between the upright sides. The filled crates are transported on a conveyor to a bander. ... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5211674 | Method and apparatus for packaging tape rolls An apparatus and method for packaging a plurality of tape rolls of uniform diameter, each having a central core of uniform diameter a plurality of which are carried by a mandrel. The apparatus and method provides means for removing the aforesaid mandrel a... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5185988 | Tower compression unit A tower compression unit having a case compression tower with vertically oriented surfaces defining a compression chamber, and an access gate associated with the tower compression unit. The access gate has a means for moving the cases within the tower by ... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5142844 | TAB magazine loader using a pivot point A horizontal force moves a tape-automated-bonded (TAB) carrier along a first horizontal surface so that the leading edge of the TAB carrier is elevated above a second horizontal surface located beneath the open bottom area of the stacking magazine. After ... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5138817 | Method of and system for creating a uniform log of strapped bundles The system comprises at least one conveyor for carrying the bundles with equipment for checking bundle integrity and verifying correct addresses. Equipment can be included to remove unacceptable bundles and to divert each bundle to the predetermined conve... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5081816 | Apparatus for receiving blister packs from a product packaging line and for inserting these blister packs into cartons An apparatus, located downstream of a packaging line for packaging of blister packs, works in conjunction with a carton ready-making line and comprises three devices positioned along a conveyor having an upper surface fitted with crosspieces to delimit se... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5038549 | Stacking packaging machine A stacking packaging machine and a process for stacking and packaging resilient workpieces. The workpieces are usually rolled paper products. The machine is comprised of an input conveyor, an elevator, cams, workpiece holders, a packaging film feeder and ... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5039276 | Methods and apparatus for forming groups of objects The grouping of objects, for example unit packaging goods, is accomplished by automatically assembling a stepped formation of the goods and subsequently leveling-off the stepped formation. To accomplish the foregoing, a serially increasing number of the g... | 08/13/1991 |
